Intestinal helminthes of the fishes of Owa stream, south west Nigeria

  • K B Olurin
  • K B Olurin
  • C A Somorin
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Publication date
January 2006

Abstract

Abstract: A total of 417 fish specimens belonging to five families from Owa stream, were examined for intestinal helminths, using conventional parasitological techniques. Neoechinorhynchus rutili (Acanthocephala) and the metacercariae of Clinostomum tilapiae (Trematoda) were found in Chromidotilapia guntheri and Tilapia mariae while only C.tilapiae was found in Hemichromis fasciatus. The parasite burden was highest in C.guntheri, with no significant difference (p>0.05) in the parasite burden of male and female fish. There was however positive correlation between parasite burden -body weight /length in only T.maria

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